Salcombe to Snape Point

We arrived in Salcombe before 10 o'clock in the morning, so although the holiday season had started we were able to park in the road above North Sands.  We drank our coffee while watching children and dogs running in and out of the sea and when the sun came out the sea was clear and sparkling.

We walked to the centre of Salcombe, admiring the views all the way along.

Looking across to South Sands

Although it was quite early there was plenty of activity on the water, with small yachts skooting along in the wind and larger boats steaming out into the sea.

Across the estuary to East Portlemouth

We walked through Salcombe, past the shops and children crabbing, through the boat parks to Batson.  This is as far as we have gone in the past, but today we walked up the no through road and along the other side of the creek.  We followed the footpath towards Snapes Point. The path undulated up and down, but it was a good path to walk along and the views when there were gaps in the hedges were magnificent.

Looking up the creek to Batson

It was lovely to see Salcombe from a different perspective.

Salcombe from a different perspective

At Snapes Point we climbed up to the top where there were beautiful views in all directions - up the creek to Batson and up the river towards Kingsbridge as well as out to sea beyond Salcombe  As it was high tide we were able to see large yachts were sailing too and fro and the river looked at its best. It was a wonderful place to sit and eat our lunch.

Sailing up the river

Looking up the river to Kingsbridge

We walked a little further up the river and then turned inland to return to Batson and then Salcombe.  As we walked back to our car there were even more people in the town and on the water.  East Portlemouth was even busier.

East Portlemouth